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Every AQA A-Level English Literature B exam question on Twelfth Night, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, Paper 1B, Q02 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Read the extract below and then answer the question. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of t
- June 2025, Paper 1B, Q05 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare ‘In Twelfth Night, it’s funny when authority figures are disrespected and mistreated.’ To what extent do you agree with this
- June 2025, Paper 1B, Q06 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare ‘In comedy, characters engage in courtship: they try to attract a partner and then develop a romantic relationship.’ Explore
- June 2025, AS Paper 1B, Q02 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Explore the significance of aspects of dramatic comedy in the following passage in relation to the play as a whole. You shou
- June 2024, Paper 1B, Q02 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Read the extract below and then answer the question. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of t
- June 2024, Paper 1B, Q05 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Explore the significance of the setting of Illyria to the comedy of the play. Remember to include in your answer relevant co
- June 2024, Paper 1B, Q06 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Twelfth Night ends with one of Feste’s songs: ‘A great while ago the world begun, With hey-ho, the wind and the rain; But th
- June 2024, AS Paper 1B, Q02 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Explore the significance of aspects of dramatic comedy in the following passage in relation to the play as a whole. You shou
- June 2023, Paper 1B, Q02 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Read the extract below and then answer the question. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of t
- June 2023, Paper 1B, Q05 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare ‘Feste is simply a playful truth-teller who makes audiences laugh.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Remember to
- June 2023, Paper 1B, Q06 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare ‘In Twelfth Night, desire turns the characters into self-indulgent fools.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Remem
- June 2023, AS Paper 1B, Q02 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Explore the significance of aspects of dramatic comedy in the following passage in relation to the play as a whole. You shou
- June 2022, Paper 1B, Q02 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Read the extract below and then answer the question. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of t
- June 2022, Paper 1B, Q05 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare ‘The misbehaviour and trickery in the play are great fun for audiences.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Remembe
- June 2022, Paper 1B, Q06 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare ‘Orsino is a ridiculous romantic hero who cannot be taken seriously.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Remember t
- June 2022, AS Paper 1B, Q02 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Explore the significance of aspects of dramatic comedy in the following passage in relation to the play as a whole. You shou
- November 2021, Paper 1B, Q02 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Read the extract below and then answer the question. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of t
- November 2021, Paper 1B, Q05 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare ‘Audiences are delighted by the ending of Viola’s story: she is happy, and her problems are fully resolved.’ To what extent
- November 2021, Paper 1B, Q06 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare The play’s full title is Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Explore the significance of this full title to the comedy of the p
- November 2020, Paper 1B, Q02 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare Read the extract below and then answer the question. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of t
- November 2020, Paper 1B, Q05 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare ‘The cruel treatment of Malvolio makes audiences feel pity, rather than making them laugh.’ To what extent do you agree with
- November 2020, Paper 1B, Q06 (25 marks): Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare ‘The play suggests that being in love is a superficial and unsatisfactory experience.’ To what extent do you agree with this
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